Mobile device controlled dynamic room environment using a cast device

A portable electronic device, comprising:

• a first wireless communication interface configured to:
• download, via a source in an external network, a room environment application,
• send a request to receive media from a network media source in the external network, and
• receive, responsive to the request, data associated with the requested media, wherein the requested media is streamed from the network media source subsequent to receiving the request;
• a second wireless communication interface configured to communicate via a wireless local area network (LAN) or a wireless personal area network (PAN);
• and
• a processing unit configured to execute the downloaded room environment application to:
• analyze, subsequent to sending the request to receive the media from the network media source and subsequent to the requested media being streamed from the network media source, the data associated with the requested media, wherein the requested media comprises audio or video media and wherein analyzing the data associated with the requested media comprises:
• identifying actions occurring within a scene of the video media,
• identifying movement within a scene contained in the video media, or
• recognizing a content of speech within the audio or video media, and
• cause control signals to be sent, via the second wireless communication interface, to one of multiple different room devices within a room environment to change an operational parameter associated with the one of the multiple different room devices based on the analysis of the data associated with the requested media.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by at least one processor, the computer-readable medium comprising:

• one or more instructions for receiving data associated with certain media;
• one or more instructions for analyzing the data associated with the certain media, wherein the certain media comprises audio or video media:
• one or more instructions for identifying room devices currently residing in a room environment;
• one or more instructions for selecting one or more current room devices from the identified current room devices based on the analysis;
• one or more instructions for selecting parameters of the selected one or more current room devices to be controlled based on the analysis;
• one or more instructions for determining target values for the selected parameters of the selected one or more current room devices based on the analysis;
• one or more instructions for populating a database with the determined target values for the selected parameters of the selected one or more current room devices;
• and
• one or more instructions for retrieving the determined target values for the selected parameters of the selected one or more current room devices from the database and causing control signals to be sent to the selected one or more current room devices to cause the selected parameter to be changed based on the determined target values.